If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things [but] there are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.
To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.
I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important.
Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
Working in the garden...gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.
Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.
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